The union territory with the best variety of web customers is Delhi, boasting a major 35.18 million subscribers. (Representational Picture)
In accordance with the response by minister of state for communications Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, India has 398.35 million web subscribers in rural areas and 556.05 million in city areas
Minister of state for communications Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani instructed Parliament on Thursday that as of March 2024, in line with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the nation has a complete of 954.40 million web subscribers.
The minister shared complete knowledge, highlighting important variations in web penetration throughout completely different states and union territories (UTs) in each city and rural areas. In accordance with the response by the MoS, India has 398.35 million web subscribers in rural areas and 556.05 million in city areas.
Uttar Pradesh has the best variety of whole web subscribers (129.53 million), the info reveals. Nevertheless, whereas the variety of city web subscribers is 65.76 million, within the rural area there are 63.77 million customers, suggesting a narrowing digital divide throughout the state. Maharashtra, second on the listing by way of whole customers (109.75 million), leads with the best variety of city web subscribers (75.99 million), whereas within the rural areas, the determine is 33.76 million. This underscores the state’s substantial city inhabitants and financial exercise.
West Bengal ranks third, with a complete of 63.18 million web subscribers. The state has 25.15 million rural customers and 38.04 million city customers, indicating a balanced distribution. Then comes Tamil Nadu with a complete of 61.23 million web customers. Of those, 17.23 million are rural subscribers, and 44.00 million are city subscribers, highlighting the state’s important city person base. Karnataka rounds out the highest 5, with 57.88 million whole web customers. This contains 20.79 million rural and 37.09 million city subscribers.
Amongst all of the states, the fewest web customers are in Sikkim, which has a complete of 600,000 subscribers, divided nearly equally between its rural (0.31 million) and concrete (0.29 million) populations. This illustrates the state’s small however evenly distributed person base. Arunachal Pradesh, one other state with low web penetration, has 890,000 whole subscribers, with 530,000 rural and 370,000 city customers, highlighting its largely rural demographic.
The listing of states with under 10 million whole subscribers additionally contains Himachal Pradesh (6.60 million), Manipur (2.25 million), Meghalaya (2.07 million), Mizoram (1.24 million), Nagaland (1.66 million), Tripura (2.18 million), and Uttarakhand (9.84 million).
On the opposite finish of the spectrum, the union territory with the best variety of web customers is Delhi, boasting a major 35.18 million subscribers. This determine highlights Delhi’s standing, together with being the capital of the nation, as a densely populated and extremely urbanised space with substantial web penetration.
Following Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir stands out with 9.55 million web customers. Puducherry, regardless of being smaller in measurement in comparison with different areas, has a notable 1.25 million web customers. This displays the area’s comparatively excessive web penetration fee amongst its residents. Whereas Chandigarh additionally options prominently with 1.32 million subscribers, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which incorporates Daman and Diu, has 0.84 million web customers.
